Brown and blue eggs

[Chickenchip]

Is there a chart somewhere showings different breeds. I want some brown eggs and thinking of Golden Comets for the brown. I would like blue also but not sure which breeds get along with each other. Or should I stick with one breed?

Sorry I’m new and learning

Thank you for any input.

 

[sylviethecochin]

What's your situation? How much space do you have and how do you plan to use it?

Golden comets (any hatchery sexlinks, in fact) tend to be fairly aggressive and do much better outdoors and free-ranging. They tend to pick on each other when confined.

I'd far rather have Australorps, which are are more genteel, though their eggs have a slightly pearly sheen. They do lay fewer per year (about 250/yr.) They cope far better with confinement.

If you do want blue eggs, I believe that the standard breed is Cream Legbar. They're flightier birds, and, like GCs, are happier when free-ranging, but they're much easier to find than Aracaunas or true Ameraucanas. Both of those breeds either cost $$$ or are actually Easter Eggers in advertisement disguise.

If you're willing to spend the money, and investigate to make sure you're not actually getting EEs, true Ameraucanas might be the way you want to go. They're less flighty than cream legbars and I think they're prettier. Their combs are nicer if you live in a cold climate.

Cackle and Meyer hatchery both sell Ameraucanas. Almost every hatchery sells Easter Eggers and australorps, and a lot of them sell Legbars.

Good luck.

 

[ChickenMannR]

I would recommend your plain old EE for the blue, as they get along well with others. (At least in my flock!)

 

[Chickenchip]

Thank you. Also I just read about a first aid kit. Do I hVe to trim nails and beaks? Really? I’m afraid of hurting them

I just bought a coop and it’s for up to 12 chicken
With a 25 x 8.5 run.

 

[Chickenchip]

I would recommend your plain old EE for the blue, as they get along well with others. (At least in my flock!)

EE?

 

[ChickenMannR]

I don't think you do, at least, I haven't ever needed to. This may also depend on your ground, though i'm not sure. It could work as it does with dogs, where it files nails as they walk.

 

[ChickenMannR]

EE?

Easter Egger

 

[sylviethecochin]

I have never trimmed nails or beaks.

The run sounds good for ten chickens (min is ten square feet per hen.) How large is the inside of the coop? A lot of sellers say it can hold twelve/sixteen chickens and build it for miniature chickens (bantams.)

Hens should have at least 4 square feet to themselves each [EDT: In the coop], especially if you live in a cold climate.

And EEs are Easter Eggers. They're descended from Ameraucanas, or are crossbred Ameraucanas, and they lay green, blue, or brown eggs. (Most commonly green, in my experience.)

 

[Chickenchip]

I don't think you do, at least, I haven't ever needed to. This may also depend on your ground, though i'm not sure. It could work as it does with dogs, where it files nails as they walk.

Thanks. I raised schnauzer puppies and trimmed and nervous about hurting.

 

[Chickenchip]

I have never trimmed nails or beaks.

The run sounds good for ten chickens (min is ten square feet per hen.) How large is the inside of the coop? A lot of sellers say it can hold twelve/sixteen chickens and build it for miniature chickens (bantams.)

Hens should have at least 4 square feet to themselves each, especially if you live in a cold climate.

And EEs are Easter Eggers. They're descended from Ameraucanas, or are crossbred Ameraucanas, and they lay green, blue, or brown eggs. (Most commonly green, in my experience.)

The coop inside is 12 x15